Pleasant green cloth and gilt edition of Blackett's biography the 19th century Italian founding father. With colour plates. Beneled edges. Mild rubbing and bumping tp edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
The Second volume of Swinton's pictorial record of World War One battlefields and how they changed/recovered, featuring images and accounts from participants. 4to. With numerous b/w pictures. Toning and marks to covers, fading to spine. Tanning to page ed [more...]
Completed revised third edition of Mason's history of all Hawker Aircraft from 1920, including the Hurricane and Harrier. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 657pp. Bumping to top edge of jacket. Volume is crisp and clean. Near Fine. [more...]
Fetching decorative binding of Macaulay's accessible biography of the 18th century sailor who rose to become lord of the admiralty, George Anson. Describing his rise and in particular his circumnavigation of the globe. With b/w illustrations. All edges gilt [more...]
Humourous tales of animals in army barracks. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration. With b/w illustrations by Shepard. DJ is sunned to spine. Rubbed to edges. Toning to ffep. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Intriguing volume from the popular American cryptologist, which presents a series of cryptographic puzzles framed as a elementary course in cryptography given by an uncle to his nephew, many of which reference real cases encountered by Yardley during WWI. Wit [more...]
Collection of short biographies of notable military figures at the start of the 20th century, with colour portraits. Includes Robert Baden Powell (prior to his establishing the Scouting movement), Lord Kitchener and many others. beveled edges, all edges gilt. [more...]
Miniature (100x65mm) bible meant to be used on active service. With colour illustrations and suggested passages to be read in quiet moments. Leather-like cloth. Mild shelfwear. Light marking to page edge. Previous owner's name to front-pastedown. Otherwise [more...]
Hefty, generously illustrated account of European castles from the ninth century to the end of the fifteenth. Describing the history, architecture, and purpose of the castle in general, as well as specific examples. 4to. Some mild bumping and shelf-wear to DJ [more...]
Reappraisal of the Battle of the Glorieta Pass, an often neglected encounter but one that Scott suggests stopped the Confederate invasion of the west. With b/w images. Previous owner's bookplate to ffep. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very goo [more...]
New, updated edition of Leckie's hefty history of american wars from colonial times to the 1990s. Some foxing to page edges. Mild shelf-wear to DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orde [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. All edges gilt. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Good+ [more...]
Collection of five journals of various sailors, plus a selection of letters from 'below decks'. With colour illustrations. EX-LIBRARY with stamps and tags to end-papers. Frontispiece loose. Rubbing and wear and bumping to edges. Mild tanning within. Bind [more...]
A selection of Lawrence's insightful writings on war and diplomacy and his own role in history. Faint mark to fore-edge. Else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
First Edition. Account of the activities of the South Railway Company during the second world war. With b/w and colour plates and fold out map to rear. Sunning to spine. Marking to covers. Date stamp to ffep. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
The complete collection of Lawrence's letters. With b/w images and fold out maps. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's stick remnant to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Revised eighth edition of the well regarded history of Royal Air Force aircraft since 1918 to the 1980s. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. 8vo. 685pp. DJ is sunned to spine with some creases. Light foxing to page edge. Contents crisp and clean. Good [more...]
Adventure story for younger readers on a military theme. With four b/w illustrations by Comerford Watson. No date but first published in 1933. Some rubbing to edges. Light marking to spine. Foxing to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
The First volume of Hammerton's profusely illustrated account of the first world war. With numerous b/w maps, photographs and drawings of the conflict and its effects, 4to. Rubbing bumping, toning and wear to covers. Front hinge split, one gathering coming [more...]
